[Goanet] THREE MONTHS AND THE VASCO RAPIST IS STILL AT LARGE
Today its three months that the 7 year old little angel from Vasco was mercilessly raped in broad day light in the toilet of Deep Vihar School run by the Mormugao Port Trust where she was studying in the second standard. While the little girl and her grief stricken parents relentlessly quest for justice, the alleged rapist and his accomplice are still free birds possibly scouting for their next catch. From the manner in which the little girl was raped it is abundantly clear that it was not the rapist’s first rape and unless he is nabbed it won’t be his last. The little girl has identified the picture of the rapist as well as that of his accomplice. Every one is aware of what transpired on that fateful day and the dubious unpardonable role of the Headmistress Sharlet Furtado and the other teachers in washing up and destroying all the evidence after that gruesome rape. It is only the police who want us to believe otherwise. With the blessings and under directions of the top ruling politicians the Goa Police have systematically hushed up the case. This heinous crime against the 7 year old took place on January 14th, but Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has to date not cared to visit the victim and her grieving family. The reasons are obvious. It is appalling that he has dared to show such insensitivity. But let us keep the little wounded girl and her shattered family in our thoughts. The authorities may have abandoned them, but we cannot. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Five books from India in race for Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Five books from India in race for Commonwealth Writer's Prize IANS Apr 12, 2013, 06.03PM IST NEW DELHI: Five contemporary English fiction titles from India - Misi Saran's The Other Side of Light, Jeet Thayil's Narcopolis, Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto, The Wildlings by Nilanjana Roy and God on Every Wind by Farhad Sorabjee - have been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2013. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-12/india/38490678_1_commonwealth-writers-commonwealth-prize-narcopolis ~Avelino
[Goanet] How the Goan lost his art: The Vasudeo Gaitonde Chapter
How the Goan lost his art: The Vasudeo Gaitonde Chapter Vivek Menezes Apr 13, 2013, 07.05AM IST Jubilation in Nagpur when one of Vasudeo Gaitonde's paintings topped the latest Sotheby's auction of Indian art. That city's edition of this very newspaper headlined the news prominently, Nagpur artist's painting fetches 5.2 crore, and quoted a local artist saying, It's heartening that Nagpur's artists are getting such acclaim. The curator of the Central Museum in Nagpur was reported saying, We are honoured that our museum has Gaitonde's work...I hope more people will be inspired to come and see. But if Vasudeo Gaitonde has become a Nagpur artist because he was born in that city, we should start calling P G Wodehouse and George Orwell Bihari writers, because they were both born there, in the colonial era. That appellation obviously makes no sense. In fact, Vasudeo Gaitonde is a thoroughbred Goan, and even if Nagpur has finally woken up to him just this instant, this news is only the latest in stunning series of auction results his artwork has achieved, right alongside those by his lifelong friend-and proud son of Saligao-Francis Newton Souza. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-13/goa/38510339_1_nagpur-artist-goans-local-artist ~Avelino
[Goanet] Goa news for April 14, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa rape victim's father denied permission to hold protest - The New Indian Express JUO_GW-wecbOBSQ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGaa1A2pii31A9SKhMuZUWY3B0iNQurl=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Goa-rape-victims-father-denied-permission-to-hold-protest/2013/04/13/article1543323.ece *** Indo-French naval exercise off Goa coast on April - Zee News rench naval exercise off Goa coast on April 17 Panaji: India and France will be holding a joint naval exercise off the Goa coast on April 17, which is mainly aimed at honing the skills of Indian Navy in tackling anti-piracy and anti-submarine ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGr9Q2EwqzCWjLw-8PJktkLAyPWxQurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/indo-french-naval-exercise-off-goa-coast-on-april_841941.html *** Goa casinos contribute Rs 135cr revenue in 2012-13 - Times of India mes of IndiaThe author has posted comments on this article PTI http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFYDZPidJmPBhgFwbKs3L8GoO4U-wurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Goa-casinos-contribute-Rs-135cr-revenue-in-2012-13/articleshow/19524670.cms *** Goa to offer moonlight kayaking for a week - Hindu Business Line DGTvxS4pr8AMgg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNEf-hBrB8FsbYQ9WGSP4ENe48L4SQurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/travel/goa-to-offer-moonlight-kayaking-for-a-week/article4613699.ece *** Man tries to enter Goa Zoo on closing day; injured in scuffle - Zee News e NewsMan tries to enter Goa Zoo on closing day; injured in scuffle Panaji: One person was seriously injured in a scuffle with forest guards at Goa's Bondla Wildlife sanctuary, when he along with his family was not allowed entry there, police said on Saturday. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGxMarfeDgaMzrjlP1x1gywZ3MsOAurl=http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/man-tries-to-enter-goa-zoo-on-closing-day-injured-in-scuffle_841886.html *** Goa corporates chant Modi mantra - indiatvnews.com ased Merit Parmaceuticals and former head of the Goa Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (GPMA), said that while there was a huge chunk of people who were critical of Brand Modi, it was imperative to see ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNGYv1jULRsXwfrchig8MCCfHKbqRAurl=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/goa-corporates-chant-modi-mantra-9481.html *** In pictures: Goa's 'nomads' - BBC News nown Indian fashion photographer Rohit Chawla was recently held at the Religare Art Gallery in the capital, Delhi. Titled Goa Style, the exhibition showed pictures of foreign travellers visiting ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNFpTh3D1MndicbjADNeF-rXZ0_iFAurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21710973 *** Hindu Right-Wingers Oppose Playboy Club In Goa - South Asian Link ongress-plays-safe-for-now-on--Playboy--club-issueGoa Congress plays safe for now on `Playboy' club issue http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNETzC_gNZCiFXdsswt0HuYiLR19awurl=http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=28350 *** Wait watch for Playboy club in Goa - Deccan Chronicle ccan ChroniclePanaji: Opposition Congress appeared to be in wait and watch mode over the controversy surrounding the proposal to open 'Playboy' club in Goa, an issue which has seen voices of protests emanating from within the ruling BJP. Talking to reporters here ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNG00KgcKD__Rmd_Bz2AtJzo6bmeCQurl=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130413/news-current-affairs/article/wait-watch-playboy-club-goa *** Goa records 48% industrial growth - Times of India 3 as compared to 2011-12 as a total of 617 micro, small and medium enterprises were registered with the directorate of industries, trade and commerce for setting up new projects in the state.a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rusg=AFQjCNENh7tyVQhqYc_slgGoP3XgENKLWQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-records-48-industrial-growth/articleshow/19527776.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Soitanank Konnem Toyar Kelo?
Soitanank Konnem Toyar Kelo? Khorem mhollear, hi zokzokit prithum rochtolea Rochnarak goroz nasli, jivi pranni rochun hea nisoll prithumenk sangat dilolo. Zednam kallokak uzvadd dilo, tednam Taka dislem, hea voimkuttancho sogllo sontos bhogunk konn tori asunk zai, ani khinna bhitor Tannem zom’niveli dhull kaddun ek dhaddlo monis rochlo. Thoddea vellan, taka ek sangatin rochli. Ani tankam sogllem sukh mellunk udok, zon’voram, suknnim, rukh, folam-zhaddam ubi kelim. Adanv ani Eva voimkuttantlo khollboll sontos bhogtalim. Vareavelean ieta vo zai dista ti avddichi vost tanchea fuddeant monamposond toyar zatali. Hem sogott koxem toyar zata, ani konn dita, hi mat zanniv tankam nasli. Argam ani dinvas divunk tankam kollonaslem. Ani tem zannam zaunk, prithum rochpi Dev Bapan, ek vichitr zhadd roilem (borem ani vaitt vollkum sarkelem) ani tea zhaddachim follam khavunk tankam monam kelim. Dev Bapan, anandachea sagarant sogllem dilam punn, kherit zhaddachem foll khavunk kiteak monam kelam? Ek druxtt (evil) tallnni tancher aili ani Devak nam kolltam addvarlolea zhaddachem foll tannim khailem. Ani hangach thavn ek jivo nixttur denvchar jiv rochlo. Survatekuch, amchea bhurgeaponnar amkam xikoilam. Denvchar vo soitan amkam patkant ghalta. To amche kuddik tallnnent oskot korta. Chori korop denvchari kornni. Bholatkar korop denvchari kornni. Krim adarop denchari kornni. Choriam kuddicho mog korop denvchari kornni. Ghoribank lutun girest zavop denvchari korni. Hem sogott aplea svarta khatir denvcharachea tallnnenk bullon monis patkacho dhag gheta. Kholayen niyallar, Devan borem asa tem toyar korun moniskulak dilam. Punn mon’xan axea nirman korun (Adanv ani Even addvarlolem foll khavun) soitanank toyar kela. Utpoti:3 (Genesis:3), hanga thavn utom vatter, serpentichi vaittovi chal suru zaloli ti aiz meren, monisponnacher denvchari raj cholta. Peleachem borem zalolem naka. Niddukai, kurnatkai, kudd’deaponn ani apleaponn (ego) hi vaitt karnneo dor ek mon’xachea jivitacho ek bhag zala. Tea khatir aichea somazan bholatkar, chorio, khun, nagoinni ani sabar somazak vaitt zata tea amcheach denvchari kornneank lagun zata. Bhurgeaponnar anik ek amchea monant rigoilolem asa. Devan, soitanank rochla. Dev zaun asa boro ani to soitanank koso rochtolo? Ho proxn mhaka sotaita. Devan, sot ani sotacho poilo uzvadd kelo. Ani hea sotachea uzvaddan druxtt vo vaitt denvchar naslo. Eve-chi axea, Deva porim zaunk vhaddli, ani tinnench patok haddarun denvchar toyar kelo. Hem sot gilunk, kitlea zann toyar asat kai? Lino B. Dourado Lapitt http://aitaracheokaskuleo.blogspot.com/
[Goanet] Fruit, feni reports.
Jim - unseasonal rain and quirky temperature swings actually helped cashew and mango blossoms to fruit. I see less mould harm to leaves, too. So thank the powers for your bottle, I am only the messenger. Torontos - come and get it, Porter Air ! eric.
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[Goanet] Thought for the Day - 14th.
Amazing Goa Publications calendar. Don hatamni zoddchem, eka hatan moddchem. Earn with two hands, spend with one. ( work hard, spend judiciously )
[Goanet] Fw: FW: PORTUGAL a place to grow
For those who now have acquired their new passports!!! PORTUGAL a place to grow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK_PwoDWnKA
[Goanet] Fw: *** SPAM ***Vatican: Cardinal Ossie as Pope's adviser to help troubled Church?
Subject: *** SPAM ***Vatican: Cardinal Ossie as Pope's adviser to help troubled Church? Please add h...@thecsf.info to your address book to ensure future delivery. If the images below do not display correctly, please click here FW: From the Desk of... Joseph Dias, General Secretary, The CSF Catholic-Christian Secular Forum www.thecsf.org ^Ecumenical ^Evangelical ^Interdenominational Cardinal Gracias will help to reform the troubled Catholic Church. Vatican, April 13, 2013: Pope Francis on Saturday made one of his first major decisions by setting up an advisory board of cardinals from around the world to help him govern the Catholic Church and reform its troubled central administration and this group included Mumbai's Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The Pope selected a group of eight cardinals who will help him put into place changes in an administration which has been held responsible for some of the mishaps and scandals that plagued the eight-year reign of Pope Benedict XVI before he resigned in February this year. Anger at the mostly Italian prelates who run the Curia-the central governing bodies of the Church was one of the reasons why the cardinals chose the first non-European pope for 1,300 years and quashed the chances of one of the front-runners, Milan Archbishop Angelo Scola. Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello from Italy, Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, Chile, Oswald Gracias of Bombay, Reinhard Marx of Munich, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston, George Pell of Sydney, and Oscar Andres Rodriquez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano, Italy, will serve as secretary, a Vatican statement said. The Archdiocese in the city of Mumbai in India is known by the Vatican as the Archdiocese of Bombay. Who is Cardinal Oswald Gracias? Oswald Gracias was born on December 24, 1944 and is a Goan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Bombay (Mumbai) and was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 October 2006 to the post, and was made a cardinal in 2007. In 2010, he was elected as the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. After being ordained a priest in 1970 Gracias went on to study in Rome and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay and Titular Bishop of Bladia by Pope John Paul II on in 1997. Gracias was later named Archbishop of Agra. He was appointed Archbishop of Bombay in 2006 taking over from Cardinal Ivan Dias. In 2010, Cardinal Gracias suffered from a rare cancer and underwent surgeries and is currently said to be cancer-free though this illness affected his body making him thin. But when it comes to his role as a cardinal and priest Cardinal Gracias continues to perform all his duties. Vatican City: India's Oswald Gracias was among eight high-ranking cardinals from around the world who were today appointed by Pope Francis in an advisory council to look into ways of reforming the Vatican bureaucracy. The council will help the Pope revise the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia Pastor bonus - the Church administration which helps him in the daily governance, the Vatican said in a statement. Pope John Paul II had issued Pastor Bonus in 1988. The Holy Father decided to set up the Council following on from discussions that emerged during the General Congregations in the lead up to the Conclave which elected him the 265th Successor to St Peter, it said. The group of Cardinals will be coordinated by Rodriguez while Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Albano (Italy), will serve as the secretary. The first meeting of the Council will take place on October 1-3, 2013, the statement said. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the appointments comes exactly one month after Pope Francis was elected as the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. The council would have no legislative power and that its main function is to help and advise the Pope, the 'Vatican Radio' quoted Lombardi as saying. The Pope has already been in touch with the selected cardinals, he said. The Catholic Church has faced calls for reform in the wake of scandals involving the sexual abuse of children by priests and allegations of corruption. - Agencies
[Goanet] Goans' land issues - vol.235
Besides all the problems enumerated very correctly in the article presented by Mr. Pinto, I would say that one of the biggest issues has been the tenant or mundkar's issues. I have had severe problems in the recent past. Two of my own properties are in jeopardy because a mason who my grandfather knew about 30 years ago bribed a talati at that time and his name is there as tenant in the forms 1 and 14. As I was about to build compound wall for another property, the land surveyor found that the gate of a mundkar of another landowner has been built on my land, which means I am forced to give her access rights thereby cutting short my own property. Besides, the fighting and abusing, even to the point of manhandling my own workers, is something we people who live in civilized parts of the country and the world cannot deal with. If I as a Goan who was born and raised in Goa, knowing the local language perfectly, find it very difficult to handle this and want to run away from it all, what about our next generation. This is what we need to carefully think about. Another landowner I know, who came to claim his own property, was literally thrown out by the mundkars. We Goans are our own enemies. Is it surprising therefore, that the non-Goans and bailes are taking advantage of all this? Bernice Pereira
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[Goanet] BBC News - Illegal building woes in urban India
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[Goanet] Roland Francis: Regrets and April Showers - Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan
By Roland Francis Source: 14 April 2013 Newsletter at www.goanvoice.org.uk Full Text: Here are a few thoughts, a few observations and a few subjective opinions (all my work). As long as the current deep-seated culture of corruption in government and the 'live and let live' and 'it doesn't concern me' culture in Goan society continues, it will become less and less of an international tourist destination. That of course is not a worry to those in the trade. They know the loss will be covered by tourists from the rest of India whose pockets are deeper but whose quality gets seedier every year. The sight of multi storied buildings in once pristine villages and tree-filled hills is an abomination to the eyes of any Goan. Who knew that one day lush paddy fields, tall coconut trees and 'baands' teeming with fish would make way for ugly concrete monstrosities in the name of progress. Yet, real estate development Indian style, in Goa, has still a long way to go with enormously more money to be made. That means the local criminals and politicos will slowly make way for the Bombay and Delhi underworld, bringing extortion and capital crime in its wake. The price of flats will go higher and the construction quality lower than it is already. There will be more black (untaxed proceeds of crime) money in the economy and a further breakdown of the law. The press in Goa, except for a couple of intrepid journalists is spineless and a disgrace to their profession. Investigative journalism as in the rest of India is unheard of, but this could also be due to non-existence of any local newspapers not owned by vested interests that ensures their selfish ambitions are not at risk. The discrepancy between the price of fish purchased by wholesalers and that paid by the public is shocking. Someone is making tons of money and it is not the trawler owners, who have their own rising expenses, or the ramponnkars (traditional fishermen) who earn much less than they should. On the subject, a study done recently says that most fish in Goa whether from rivers or the ocean coastline is polluted. Also the tonnage of that polluted catch is speedily declining since there are no measures to prevent overfishing. Go to any fish market and you will see the ever-diminishing average size of the common varieties. Also, most fish served in Goa's restaurants is stale and has to be heavily spiced and fried till crisp, instead of just seared, in order to mask the staleness. Perhaps just like morgue cooling systems that don't work and make corpses stink in Goa, the ice on fish fails to do its job too. I laugh when I see the normal Goan house being advertised as 'Portuguese style'. It follows that any hut, shack, lean-to or mundcar's dwelling is Indian style. Sorry I said mundcar's dwelling. Some of their homes are bigger and swankier than the ancestral Bhatcar mansion. An intelligent lady from Goa once gave me a verbal treatise on why this is so. That also answered the question of why unskilled Goans no longer go for manual labor which is now quite well paying. Apparently it has to do with their exploitation and forced servitude in previous times by the richer classes, a situation from which they now wish to distance themselves. The quality of education which in Goa was once envious and produced men of stature in every area of human endeavour, is in a sorry state. Therefore professionals like doctors are clueless of modern procedures, engineers are incompetent, lawyers are unethical and IT technologists have left Goa in droves. If you find capable people of these levels and question them, you will find they were either educated under the Portuguese system, in the early years of Indian rule, studied elsewhere in India or have had overseas work experience. I have always wondered why the people in power did not turn Goa into an IT hub. It is in the proximity of several engineering institutes and colleges and the surroundings are salubrious (hints of California). The infrastructure calls for much less land and capital than a new airport, the state has a vast Diaspora with many Goans in other IT locales who would gladly relocate. Even just call centers would provide employment to many, since wages in Goa are lower than most places in the world. The less said about the police, law and order, sanitation, red tape, the medical system, adulteration of food and alcohol and many other things, the better. Of course there's a lot about Goa that is still good, though I have to confess it's mostly about the nature of the people and what is still left of the original Eden. I'll leave that for a future column. =
[Goanet] Vasco minor rape - High profile case??
High profile case?? 3 months on, nothing happening? Not action, not even as per the court directives? http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/8648468746/sizes/h/in/photostream/ We had high hopes and aspirations in Parrikar Govt. The victim girl identified the pictures of the rapist and his friend (HM's Son) who accompanied him at the school premises several times.. Does that mean anything at all? Why this case taking too long? the case, school etc http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2013/01/7-year-old-raped-in-school-toilet-at.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
[Goanet] Another place, some other time.....
Approximately 40 miles due east of Dar es Salaam lies a desolate speck of an isle called Latham. This isle rises only a few feet out of the Indian Ocean and if you leave Dar by boat and miss Latham, the next land east is Indonesia. Latham always has large birds circling above it. When these birds are not circling, they are shrieking and dive bombing. The vegetation on the island is sparse and gnarled and covered with guano. This contrasts sharply with the spectacular reef that surrounds the isle and which teems with all kinds of marine life. At low tide, the coral reefs are just three or four feet under water. This also means that when the sea is rough, a swell easily lifts a boat 8 ft and then crashes it onto the coral, which effortlessly rips into the bottom of boats. The reef, also teeming with colour, ends with an underwater cliff that drops sharply into the darkness of the ocean. This underwater cliff causes ocean currents in the area to rise and mix. The mixing of currents, with the nutrients in them, makes the area around Latham a haven for the sports fisherman. Every fish species found in the area, is twice as big and sometimes three times as big as the largest of that species you have seen at the Kigamboni fish market. In the 1980's, we would head to Latham on fishing expeditions whenever we had gathered enough people to share the expenses of hiring a Seafaris boat. The game plan was simple. The Seafaris boat would leave its base at Kunduchi Beach Hotel on a Friday morning and moor at the jetty in front of St. Josephs by mid-afternoon. Everyone going on the trip would leave work early, walk down to the jetty and if all went well, we would exit Dar harbour at 5.00 pm. With the right current and wind, we would see the birds flying over Latham just before sunset. In those days, i.e. before GPS, we always hired a local fisherman as a guide. The local fisherman would navigate on his knowledge of the time of the year, i.e. the wave direction, the wind and the currents. This guide would get us to Latham by also passing over the best fishing lanes in-between. This meant that we usually had some fun on the way, allowing the least experienced person on board the chance to reel up dinner. Hooking and landing a good sized fish though, would slow the boat and at times we would arrive at Latham just past dusk. If the seas turned choppy, we were in for a topsy-turvy night. One Friday morning I packed my sleeping bag and headed to work confident that the impending fishing trip would be a real adventure. Little did I know then, how much of an adventure the trip would be. Well, it started raining the moment I stepped out of the house. It poured all the way to work and rained constantly for the next five hours. Then, a cold wind picked up. As I started walking down to the jetty in the late afternoon, I observed dark, heavy clouds rolling ominously from the interior and heading towards the sea. That, alone, should have been enough of a warning as cloud's laden with moisture always rolled in the opposite direction. Despite this anomaly, there were three or four extra people waiting by the boat at the jetty. These extra people had chosen the worst day of the year to go out deep sea fishing. I recognized one of the 'extra's' as a real clown and another as a person who could really hold his drink. What we were not sure of though, was if these 'extra's' had good sea legs. Needless to say, those without sea legs get seasick easily. It is no fun having pale faced strangers on board begging for the boat to return, the moment the sea gets their stomachs churning. At 5.00 pm we headed out. We headed out into the damp darkness. The sun had disappeared without setting and a choppy sea, complete with whitecaps, greeted us at the harbour exit. The whitecaps were producing a cold spray which immediately seemed to trouble the extra's aboard. Twenty minutes - instead of the usual hour - outside Dar, the city lights disappeared. This was also when the waves really started to swirl the boat. There is a strange group of people who will reach for a drink when the sea get rough and believe me, that little Seafaris boat was filled with strange people. Four miserable hours later, and all thoroughly wet, the boat was aimlessly tossing around on a pitch dark part of the Indian Ocean. Since the clock screamed that we should have been at Latham hours ago, one of the inebriated ones mustered enough courage to ask our guide when we would to get to Latham. To our surprise the guide replied, I think we are lost, the waves are coming from the wrong direction. While I was relishing this news, the inebriated one decided to take it one step er, higher. He asked the Captain of the boat how much longer he thought it would take to get there. Well, the captain of the Govt owned boat said that he had not brought along his compass and did not know where we were! We later would
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Re: [Goanet] Lizards out of reach, goats may salvage Goa's ghumat
We will keep applying laws without looking at contexts. Any intelligent system works out a process, and yes again, a system to hold to certain tradition. Talks its out, raises farms etc. It is understood that such a system does not have to be egalitarian. That is much to ask and hope for too. But baseline logic has to be understood. One would not drink urrac or feni that tastes unlike what one has tasted over the years. The upper folks would not prepare koddi / kaddi using a recipes of the kunbi. Very few are willing to change in those areas. So here goes: Many among the ones who feign modernist values and tropes within it, are the same who would comfortably eat ghorpad (rem. Tanaji Malusare at Singhagad) at their Farmhouses, etc. Earlier stooped to chicken (chikan) from wild fowl. But wild fare has been on the table for a while now. Skins seized should be rationed (choose better word) to traditional musicians of course sans hafta, malai, etc. But its also an opportunity for rainmakers to develop something, and that is exactly what its about. But then the price points will be so structured that few many musicians will be able to afford those skins. This form of development has been going on for a long time. But its hard to argue against. To do so one must know where one stands so an argument could be decimated. Having said this, has there been any development under the aegis of the state worth speaking of, say things like developing pigments—various earth reds for instance (there is more), weaving, in developing instruments (and developing maintaining / old sounds in music (musc, and geet). For state bodies this is nothing. All it takes is the drive, the impetus, to be propelled from within and that within comes from the way the power bestowed on the ones by the people is channeled. Kon: Sangeet sangeetik bestench zaina. Tyacha fattleam bhov prayog ani anubov, ani vavr-ui asta. Aduniktent chollounc zai oxxem mhuntlear odchoneo sompna. Eng: Music does not simply become musical. There is a lot of experimentation, experience (applied exp.) and effort behind it. Just saying walk in modernity--does not make the problems disappear. Conceptually these guys are absolute idiots, hence hardly any of their own even defends them anymore. But soon their defendants will forget the bar they decided was enough, and start anew. Perhaps certain spirits are never placated. They just rear themselves up. Btw, its spelled ghumot, not ghumat. Most Hindus veer towards ghumat, unless they are imbibing some form of neera. in which case olde prononciations surface. In any case ancestrally they know it was called ghumot. It did not come from one of us converts. I prefer ghumot (of course it will have a few variations, emphasis, etc) over ghumat. venantius j pinto Message: 5 Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 10:14:29 + From: D'Souza, Avelino adso...@kockw.com To: (goa...@goanet.org) goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Lizards out of reach, goats may salvage Goa's ghumat Lizards out of reach, goats may salvage Goa's ghumat Panaji, April 7 (IANS) Stringent wildlife laws are hammering long, legal nails into the coffin of one of Goa's very few indigenous musical instruments, the ghumat. Could goats be an alternative to the monitor lizard, whose tough treated skin is stretched taut across the mouth of the ghumat, which is actually a unqiuely designed clay-pot? While monitor lizards, once hunted frequently across the state's forested hillsides, are now protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act and their hides are rare and very expensive contraband, taking the ghumat - Goa's answer to the dholak and the tabla - to the brink of extinction. But help could be at hand. There is no point ruing about anything. We switched to goat skin after monitor lizard skins became rare, said Vinayak Akhadkar, 62, a leading ghumat player in Goa who has a troupe that plays at several competitions as well as Ganesh Chaturthi ceremonies, during which a 'ghumat arti' has a special significance. According to Rohan Khaunte, an independent member of the Goa assembly, we should accord it official recognition as a traditional state instrument and then find ways to salvage it or we will lose it forever. Khuante had moved a private member's bill during the budget session of the Goa assembly last month to safeguard the fading thump of the ghumat. What Goa's lawmakers agreed during the discussions to salvage the ghumat was that the instrument perhaps needed to adapt to survive in a world which was keen to value its wildlife, at least when it comes to public commitments. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar summed it up in one line. You have to change with the times. We have to find out substitutes for monitor skin, he said. Apart from goats, there could be other alternatives. Vishnu Wagh, a versatile artiste and also a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator claims that synthetic material could also be
